Amazingly, it has been almost 6 months since I last wrote a blog post. There's probably been a million things go through my mind that I've thought about blogging about, of which 0.1% would have been worth sharing, but it is still a bit of
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With the first StartMate applications closing in a few weeks, a few of the organisers and mentors are holding an information session this Friday evening in Sydney. If you're thinking about applying to Australia's first Y-Combinator type startup program, but you're not sure
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Since announcing StartMate - and its list of investors and mentors - back in August, those of us working on the project, particularly Niki Scevak, have been working hard on getting all the scaffolding of this new venture in place. And while there's a lot of boring bits - including the
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A campaign, backed by donations from members of the Fix the Princes Hwy at Heathcote Facebook group, has gone live this morning, with a large display sign installed at Heathcote to let some of the 25,000 people who use the Princes Hwy a day what the so-called Minister
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My Pop passed away earlier this week. While very sad for all of us, it wasn't tragic, as he'd been going down hill a fair bit over the last couple of months - his heart had finally had enough, and just quietly, I think he had too.
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As you're probably aware, the Minister for the Illawarra decided to screw over the people of the Illawarra earlier this week when he over-ruled advice from the RTA to put in a clearway at Heathcote. NSW Labor used the cover of the Federal election campaign to make
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Given the NSW's Government's betrayal of Illawarra residents and their decision to make the Highway through Heathcote more like a back street, it only seems fair that us poor suffering motorists should treat the back streets of Heathcote like a highway. Here's a map
A week or so ago I wrote a letter to Paul McLeay, Minister for the Illawarra and Member for Heathcote, expressing concern that the proposal to implement a clearway at Heathcote was being derailed by a very noisy and small minority of people who would rather the 4th biggest road
Recently, the RTA has taken steps to try and implement a Clearway on the Princes Highway at Heathcote. This is the 4th largest road into Australia's largest city, and should be treated as such - with a Clearway in the peak periods and a reasonable speed limit. Unfortunately, while
Came into the office today after being out for a few days and decided the desk needed a clean - you know, clear desk, clear mind, etc. In the process of tidying up the mess of cables you'll find on any self respecting geek's desk, I got
<Update> Dec 2012: So, it looks like Christmas has come early. As mentioned in my April update below, the SSN barrier has been impossible to overcome. Until now. Thankfully, the legends at Stripe (Disclosure - AffinityLive pays them a lot of money, they don't know we exist)
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Shame on you, RTA and Paul McLeay. The fourth biggest road into our biggest city deserves better. Make it 70 and give us a clearway or lose your seat.